How the Workplace Will Change With AI and Robotics: Anne Loehr Interviewed on the “Looking For And” Podcast
Doug Hensch’s new podcast, “Looking for And”, is on a mission to improve critical thinking skills and incite open mindedness in our society. The show features interviews with business leaders, psychologists, artists and anyone else who can teach “and”-like thinking. He invites his listeners to join him in fighting the disease of ‘either/or’ and ‘us […]
How Workplace Flexibility Can Dramatically Reduce Employee Turnover
Guest post by Kevin Conner Low rates of employee turnover are an indicator of a healthy business. Keeping your company from becoming a revolving door makes it easier for you to plan long term, saves you the expense of recruiting an onboarding new hires and it also helps you develop an internal company culture that […]
Generation Z: How Do They Approach the Workplace?
With a new generation—Generation Z—on the scene, it’s time for organizations to take a closer look. Born between the late 1990s and the early 2010s, Generation Z currently makes up 25.9% of the US population. Though there is little to no consensus about the ending birth year, we do know the oldest among them are […]
Exciting News About Emotional Intelligence
I’m honored to be one of only 30 global meta-coaches selected for Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence Coaching Certification. This in-depth program is akin to a professional degree and I can’t wait. If you’re familiar with my work, you know that I speak and write about emotional intelligence (EI) often. What is EI? EI is a […]
5 Ways to Increase Happiness and Create Positive Change at Work
Co-authored by Danielle Harlan Have you ever started your “dream” job only to find yourself feeling bored and unmotivated a few months — or even a few weeks — in? As consultants who work extensively in strategic culture and employee development planning, we see this common scenario time and time again: New employees join an […]
Eight Steps to Build a Learning Culture in Your Organization
How Millennials Work and Live, Gallup’s report, shows that 59% of Millennials say learning and development (L&D) opportunities are extremely important to them when considering a job. Comparatively, 44% of Gen Xers and 41% of Baby Boomers say the same about L&D. Gallup also reports that “An impressive 87% of Millennials rate ‘professional or career […]
QUIZ: What’s Your Office Personality Type?
Revise Sociology calculated that ever a 50-year working-life period, assuming eight hours of sleep a night, the average working person spends 35% of their total waking hours at work. And for most of us, that means spending a large percentage of our lives with co-workers. This means our relationships at work have a huge impact […]
Are Your Internal Communication Tools Doing More Harm Than Good?
Guest post by Kyle Sabraw There’s no arguing that the modern workplace has changed. Gone are the days of a 9-5, Monday through Friday desk job hidden inside of a cubicle. For better or for worse, our office has become wherever we happen to be. Fully 43% of employees today consider themselves mobile or “deskless”. […]
Should Your Organization Be Decentralized?
As Henry Mintzberg, author of The Structuring of Organizations, writes, “The words centralization and decentralization have been bandied about for as long as anyone has cared to write about organizations.” And that is a pretty long time, at least since 400 B.C., when Jethro advised Moses to distribute responsibility to various levels in the hierarchy. […]
Future Of Work Trends To Watch: Gen Z, AI & Automation [Infographic]
![Future Of Work Trends To Watch: Gen Z, AI & Automation [Infographic]](https://www.anneloehr.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/genration-990x268.png "Future Of Work Trends To Watch: Gen Z, AI & Automation [Infographic]")
Two major future of work trends impacting the workplace are the introduction of a new generation, and the acceleration of automation and artificial intelligence (AI). While these trends are already impacting today’s workforce, they will continue to shape the future of work. Let’s start with the newest generation of workers, Generation Z, born since 1995 […]
